Theatre of Pain is a fighting developed by Mirage Technologies, released 31 December 1997 on DOS.
What Theatre of Pain is
Theatre of Pain is a fighting game developed by Mirage Technologies and released in 1997. It was published by GT Interactive Software. It is available on DOS only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Theatre of Pain is a Mortal Kombat-esque fighting game featuring characters and settings drawn from Roman history and mythology. It features high-resolution SVGA rendered sprites and backgrounds, as did Mirage's previous fighting game, Rise Of The Robots. It uses a six-button layout, with weak, medium, and strong punches/slashes and kicks. There are both single and two-player modes.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Theatre of Pain launched on 31 December 1997, within three weeks of Resident Evil 2 (1998), Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes, Gran Turismo and Klonoa: Door to Phantomile.
Released around the same time: Resident Evil 2 (1998), Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes, Gran Turismo, Klonoa: Door to Phantomile.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Quick answers
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